CO129-185 - Acting Governor Marsh Governor Hennessy - 1879 [6-12] — Page 295

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Minute by His Excellency The Governor.

294

Superintendent of Fire Brigade, the subsidiary

posts

were abandoned as useless and the

hose's returned to store

For the last two or three

years.

the

hydrant supply has been so precarious

that even for supplying the boilers they

are

seldom resorted to until

every

other

source has failed. By giving previous

notice to the turneook a good supply

be obtained.

may

from

the street plags

in certain parts of the town, but in

this case,

the

delay is so great, and the

result, so uncertain, that it's utility is

greatly curtailed for the purposes of this Department.

I have te.

(signed) C.V. Creagh, Acting Superintendent of Fire Brigade,

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Refer this to the Surveyor General,

and ask him what steps he

restore the water

supply

was in a few years ago

can

take to

to the state it

as described by

the Superintendent of the Fire Brigade (signed) I. Pope Hennessy.

26th April, 1879.

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